Arkansas airport boss who was shot in the head during shootout with feds as they served search warrant was already under investigation after purchasing more than 150 firearms

• Bryan Malinowski, 53, died on Thursday after he was injured in a shootout with federal agents who raided his home in Little Rock

• The search warrant reveals that he was suspected of illegally trading firearms, six of which were later used in crimes

• 'Even if the allegations in the affidavit are true, they don’t begin to justify what happened,' his family said in the statement this evening

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13225185/Little-Rock-Airport-boss-Bryan-Malinowski-dead-federal-shootout.html

The director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton Airport in Arkansas was being investigated for illegal gun dealing when he was fatally injured in a shootout with federal agents serving a search warrant at his home.

Bryan Malinowski, 53, died in the hospital at noon on Thursday, two days after the confrontation with ATF agents at his home in west Little Rock.

The search warrant revealed that he was suspected of trading more than 150 firearms between May 2021 and February of this year, six of which were later used in crimes, and one of which ended up with a 15-year-old gang member in California. 'Even if the allegations in the affidavit are true, they don’t begin to justify what happened,' his family said in the statement this evening.

'At worst, Bryan Malinowski, a gun owner and gun enthusiast, stood accused of making private firearm sales to a person who may not have been legally entitled to purchase the guns.'

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